Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-09-01

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NaDoT tnC advantage OF inc ulllcrenCG Dc-
tween the wages of workingmen in Eu.
rope and America. We believe the tariff
should be revised and reduced wherever
this policy will allow and the public in
terest approve, The strictest honesty.
economy, and retrcnchment should be 70.
quired and followed in the expenditure
OF all public money, and we declare for
all possible and practicable reduction Of
taxation, both National and State. We.
favor the revision of the revenue laws OF
the State to the end that taxation may be
equitable on all kinds Of property.
4. We are opposed TO criminal and
vicious immigration of all kinds, to
threaten the public welfare and disturb
the social peace, and to all pauper immi.
grafton and convict or coolie labor. or to
the contract of prison labor by the State.
to bring unfair competition to American
workingmen. We favor such legislation
in the State as will protect miners and all
compensation. protection Of lie, hours Of
labor, and freedom of trade. All public
lands should be held, and all unearned
land grants reclaimed for actual settlers.
Non resident aliens should not be allowed
5. The civil service law, enacted by the
Republican party, and now so tlagrantly
disobcyed and violated by the Democratic
administration. should be maintaincc., and
improved in all ways to insure its enforce.
ment and increase its efficiency The sole
tests upon all incumbents of Office or APP
plicants for place in the detail service Of
the government should be honesty, com.
potency, and fidelity. with the single ex-
ccptiCn that, when all other qualifications
are equal, the Union soldier shall have
the preference.
Q. We are unable to give the common.
dation Of good citizens to the Admins.
tration Of Grover Cleveland. In its dis.
elimination against, and is shameful
abuse of Union soldiers and the prefer
encc II has constantly shown to the men
who fought to destroy the Union; in its
dcspotic use OF the executive power to
veto bills passed by Congress. for the re.
lief of Union soldiers and the Dcs Moincs
river land settlers; in its attempt to re.
verse the vcr 'ict of the war by surren-
der Of the rebel battlc-hags; in its failure
TO reduce the surplus or decrease taxa
ton; and for its prOken promises TO the
people and its inefficient discharge of the
public service, we are compelled to dc.
nOunce 1t as being unpatriotic. unworthy,
a disappointment to the country. and
fresh proof of the incapacity Of the Dem
ocratic party TO conduct successfully the
the affairs Of the Nation.
Z. The theory Of public regulation and
control Of railways and other corpora.
tons, first enacted into law in this State,
and by the State carried up to the approx.
al of the Supreme Court Of the United
States, we maintain with increasing favor.
We approve the principles of the inter.
state commerce law, and favor such
amendments thereto as will make 1t still
more protective to the interests of the
people, and such State legislation as will
apply its principles to this State We
further ask that the next Legislature shall
abolish the free pass in all its forms.
and that it shall, after thorough and
unsparing investigation, so revise and
amend the laws forming the railroad code
of the State as will secure TO the people
all possible protection from corporation
monopoly and extortion. as will increase
the efficiency and the usefulness Of the
Railway Commission. and rs will secure
all fair and possible reduction in freights
and fares, believing that the first class
roads Of the State can afford to reduce
passenger fare to two cents mile. We
are opposed to all unjust determinations
between persons and places, aud also to
any railroad policy or legislation which
will tend to injure our agricultural, in.
dustrlal. or commercial interests, or that
will aid in building up outside cities and
interests ut the expense of the cities ard
towns of our own State. We are also op.
posed to granting any form Of exclusive
rights by which any corporation will be
protected from legitimate and honorable
competition, and established as monopo.
ly regardless of public interests. We fay.
or such legislation as will relieve the peo-
pie of the State from the eXtortion OF the
school book monopoly.
8. This government saved from de-
struction by treason by the patriotism and
valor of the Union soldiers, cannot afford
in Justice or honor to deal less than Justly
with them. IL should cordially and
promptly bcstow as an obligation OF the
government, and not rs charity, liberal
pensions to all disabled or dependent
soldiers, and to the dependent widows and
parents Of soldiers, thus preventing any
suffering and want from coming to those
TO whom the nation owes debt II can
never repay.
Iowa has no compromise to hold with
the saloons. We declare in favor of the
faithful and vigorous enforcement in al
parts Of the State OF the prohbitory law,
The pharmacy law and county permit law
should be so amended as to prevent the
drug store or wholesale liquor store from
becoming in any manner the substitute Of
successor OF the saloon
10. We express our sympathy with all
people struggling for liberty and Home
Rule. whether it be the Irish people, led
by Gladstone and Parnell, seeking to cs
cape from longtime oppression, or the
people of Dakota or other Territories in
this country, deprived of Home Rule by
the partisan injustice of the Democratic
party.
II. We approve OF the state administra.
ton of public affairs in Iowa. and cspcc.
tally commend Gov. Larrabcc for his cour.
ageous defense Of the people from the cx
tortion Of railway monopolics and for his
protest in behalf Of Iowa against Clcvc.
lands attempted surrender OF the rebel
battle flags.
The resolutions were adopted as whole,
and the convention adjourned.
ANALOGOUS ABORIGINES.